disputable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- disputability noun
- disputableness noun
- disputably adverb
- undisputable adjective
Etymology
Origin of disputable
1540–50; < Latin disputābilis, equivalent to disput- ( dispute ) + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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The statement is roughly as disputable as saying that fire is hot or water is wet.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2022
What wasn’t disputable is that instead of Seattle having first-and-10 at the Arizona 11, and possibly finally rattling McCoy some, the Cardinals instead had it back to punt on fourth down.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2021
And because so many people listen, what Rogan says matters, sometimes leading otherwise more professionally boring journalists to write about the particular stuff he says that’s controversial or disputable.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021
How accountable are we for high school actions, when this is clearly a disputable high school action?
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2018
Yet neither circumstance was a whit less certain or more disputable than the other.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
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